Chapter 4 Apprenticeship to Bodhi
In the inaccessible mountains and forests, the bushes are overgrown and the platforms are invisible.
At this time, I saw two figures coming all the way east along the chai road at the foot of the mountain, it was Yang Xuan and the Monkey King who were walking together.
After the two went on the road together a while ago, they began their journey to find immortals. As for the destination, Yang Xuan had already thought about it, and it was naturally the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.
One day, Yang Xuan and the Monkey King walked near the foot of a mountain, only to see the mountain in front of them with thousands of peaks open and ten thousand screens. The sun reflects the light and locks the green, and the rain is cold and green. Withered vines entangle old trees, and the ancient crossing realm is secluded. Strange flowers and grass, bamboo and pine. Cultivating bamboo and pine, evergreen and blessed land; Strange flowers and grass, four o'clock do not thank Sai Pengying. The cry of the bird is near, and the source is clear. The valleys are surrounded by Zhilan, and the cliffs are mossy everywhere. The ups and downs of the dragon vein are good, and there must be a master with an anonymous name.
"Monkey King, this mountain is surrounded by clouds and mist, the mountains are undulating, the forests are verdant, and the vitality is vibrant, and there will be true immortals."
"So what are you waiting for, let's go!"
When the monkey heard this, he was anxious.
He couldn't understand the elegant sentences in Yang Xuan's mouth, but he could understand that there were true immortals here, and the two of them didn't come here to find immortals.
Since there is a true immortal here, the monkey's natural acuteness is immediately revealed.
The two were about to leave, but they heard a singing:
"Watching chess is rotten, logging Ding Ding, Xu Xing in the valley of the clouds, selling salaries and wine, laughing and self-indulgent. The autumn is high, and the pine roots of the moon pillow are bright. Recognize the old forest, climb the cliff and cross the ridge, and break the withered vine with an axe. Harvest into a load, in the song market, easy rice three liters. There is no competition, the price is mediocre, there will be no clever calculations, no honor and disgrace, and tranquility will prolong life. Where they meet, they are not immortals, and they sit quietly and talk about the Yellow Court. ”
"Isn't this in the original book, where Sun Monkey met that woodcutter?" The meaning of this song is roughly to praise the gods, Yang Xuan recalled the plot in Journey to the West, and immediately searched for the source of the sound, walked into a wood, and sure enough, he saw a woodcutter who was chopping wood.
"Dare to ask the little brother, listening to what you just sang, it seems that you are praising someone?" Yang Xuan straightened his clothes and went up to the woodcutter.
The woodcutter turned around, but saw a young man standing in front of him, followed by a monkey, looking at the duo curiously, and said with a smile: "I won't tell you the truth, this word is called Huang Tingjing, which was taught to me by an immortal." The fairy is next to me. When he saw that I was working hard in my household affairs and my daily troubles, he taught me to recite these words when I encountered troubles. One is to distract oneself, and the other is to solve difficulties. I have some inadequate thoughts, so I think about it. Unexpectedly, you listened. ”
"There are really gods here!?" The Monkey King behind Yang Xuan couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and jumped out and asked the woodcutter.
"That's nature."
"I also hope that this little brother will show the two of us the place where the immortal lives," Yang Xuan knew that he was going to the place, so he said again, "The two of us came all the way to Xiniu Hezhou in order to worship the immortal as a teacher." ”
When the Monkey King heard this, he hurriedly said, "Exactly! Precisely! ”
Seeing Yang Xuan's sincere attitude, the woodcutter said generously: "Not far, not far." This mountain is called Lingtai Fangcun Mountain. There is a three-star cave in the mountain. There was an immortal in that cave named Patriarch Subodhi. There are countless disciples of the patriarch who went out, and I see that there are still thirty or forty people who have practiced from him. You follow that path, and go seven or eight miles south, and you will be his house. ”
"Thank you very much! We're still on our way, so I won't bother you much! ”
When Yang Xuan finished saying this, he immediately started to hurry with the monkey.
Following the route pointed out by the woodcutter, the two of them walked through the hillside, and sure enough, they saw the end of the mountain road in the distance, the hillside sloped upward, the cliff was steep and handsome, and the pine and cypress were lined up.
A fairy cave stands quietly here, the gate is closed, the clouds and mist are swirling above the cave, the fairy mist is steaming, the colorful light is thousands, the cranes are singing, the fairy deer are singing together, and the sound surrounds the ears.
Seeing this cave, Yang Xuan and the Monkey King couldn't help but sigh that this is really a good immortal blessed land, the fairy cave.
It's just that in front of the gate of this immortal mansion, the bluestone is horizontal, and it is already covered with moss, which is obviously an inaccessible place.
"Yang Xuan, is this the abode of that immortal?" The Monkey King saw the cave mansion and said to Yang Xuan excitedly.
"I guess so." Yang Xuan said casually, but his heart was unusually excited.
What is the cultivation of Bodhi as a quasi-Ti Daoist good corpse?
Quasi-saint!
Yang Xuan, who had read a lot of desolate novels in his previous life, estimated that no matter how bad the quasi-saint of this desolate world was, it should not be worse than the emperor in his hometown, the red dust fairy, the immortal king or something.
There is a quasi-saint as a backer, which is naturally very cool!
Of course, the premise is that Patriarch Bodhi is willing to accept Yang Xuan as a disciple.
"Click-"
Just when Yang Xuan was thinking about whether the Bodhi Patriarch could look at his own desolate holy body, the door suddenly opened.
I saw a fairy child with an extraordinary temperament come out of it, and after seeing the two of them, a trace of astonishment appeared on his face, but after a while, he immediately reacted, and immediately said:
"My master was about to preach just now, when he suddenly told me that there were two apprentices outside, come with me!"
After hearing this fairy child's words, Yang Xuan hurriedly said, "There is Lao Xiantong who has taken the two of us to meet the ancestor!" ”
"You're welcome, come with me."
After saying this with a chuckle, the fairy child took Yang Xuan and the monkey into the cave.
When Yang Xuan and the Monkey King heard this, their faces were overjoyed, and they followed the Taoist boy up the stairs and entered the cave.
As soon as they entered the cave, Yang Xuan and the Monkey King had a cave in it, covering an area of not more than a hundred miles, among which there were countless Qionglou Yuyu, and there were more waterfalls and streamers, rare and exotic beasts, but they didn't see a single figure. Until Yang Xuan and the Monkey King walked under a yao platform, they saw an old man in a white robe sitting on the platform, and there were thirty Taoists standing under the stage on both sides.
Yang Xuan looked up and saw that the Yaotai was about ten zhang high, all of which were made of milky white jade, and the scale was grand. The old man in the white robe, I saw that this person's hair was white, and his clothes were very simple, but he was clean and tidy, spotless, although the old man sat still, but his whole body revealed a sacred and solemn atmosphere.
"Master, the person has already been brought!"
I saw the fairy boy who brought Yang Xuan and the others over, stepped forward respectfully, bowed down and said.
When the monkey king on the side saw the Bodhi Patriarch, he fell down and bowed, kept kowtowing, and called Master in his mouth.
Looking at the appearance of the monkey, Yang Xuan knew that he could not miss the number of courtesies, and immediately knelt down to the Bodhi Patriarch, and said respectfully, "Junior Yang Xuan, meet the Bodhi Patriarch." ”
When Patriarch Bodhi heard someone speak, his closed eyes widened slightly, and he said, "Who are you, say your surname, and bow down." ”
Next, just like the original book, the monkey and the Bodhi Patriarch ask me and answer, and Yang Xuan is silently watching the play on the side.
Patriarch Su Bodhi asked the monkey a few more words, and then gave him the name of Sun Wukong, and with a name, Sun Wukong kept turning his head and shouting that I have a name.
After asking Sun Wukong, he looked at Yang Xuan again, and the originally slightly open eyes of the Bodhi Patriarch suddenly opened, which made Yang Xuan's heart tighten, and he felt a sharp gaze sweeping towards him.
"It's the first time I've seen this young man's physique." Looking at Yang Xuan, who was kneeling down and didn't even raise his head, Patriarch Bodhi showed a trace of doubt in his eyes, and then asked kindly, "Where are you from?" ”
Yang Xuan had already prepared his words, lowered his head at the moment, and said respectfully: "The junior is a person from Jiangdong County in the southern Zhanzhou Chu State, and he went to the sea to do business with others not long ago, but he didn't want to encounter strong winds and waves, and he was so displaced that he couldn't go home. When the younger generation was in his hometown, he was quite envious of the immortals, and when he heard that the Bodhi Patriarch was here, he simply came here to apprentice, and hoped that the patriarch would be fulfilled. ”
Patriarch Bodhi didn't speak, just looked at Yang Xuan quietly, making Yang Xuan only feel numb in his heart, and he didn't dare to raise his head to look directly at Patriarch Bodhi.
"......" After pondering for a long time, Patriarch Bodhi finally nodded, "Okay, I will accept you if you sincerely ask for the Tao." ”
"Thank you to the patriarch for fulfilling !!" As soon as he heard that Patriarch Bodhi was willing to subordinate him, a stone in Yang Xuan's heart finally fell, and he immediately kowtowed to Patriarch Bodhi three times.
"Yang Xuan, since you worship under my door, as a teacher, I will give you a legal name. You and Wukong worship under my door together, naturally it is also the tenth word, the word Wuxuan, as a teacher, I will give you the legal name Yang Wuxuan. ”
"Thank you Patriarch for the name!!"